72000 J&K rural youth trained under DDU-GKY: Centre

Srinagar, Mar 10: The Government of India on Tuesday said that more than 72,000 rural youth from Jammu & Kashmir have been trained under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), while over 45,000 of them have been placed in jobs since the inception of the scheme.

According to the information shared in Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Rural Development, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that a total of 72,602 candidates from J&K have been trained and 45,618 placed under DDU-GKY till January 2026.

Replying to an unstarred question in the Parliament, Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan said that the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) is implementing skill development programmes for rural youth through DDU-GKY and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI).

By: Raja Syed Rather